Panama City Beach

Panama City Beach is the epitome of a Florida vacation. Beaches with pearly white sand? Yes, please. Is there a subtropical climate? Check. Playing in the waves with bottlenose dolphins? Check. Panama City Beach is a collegiate spring break resort located in northwest Florida, around 47 miles east of Destin and around 100 miles southwest of Tallahassee. However, after new laws prohibiting the use of alcohol on the beach during the month of March were enacted, the city rapidly experienced a drop in the bacchanalia – fantastic news for families and couples looking for a low-cost, warm-weather getaway.

Though the white sand beaches (all 27 miles of them) are what initially pull visitors to Panama City Beach, that isn't all it has going for it. PCB is a nature and wildlife lover's paradise, bordered on both sides by two state parks (St. Andrews and Camp Helen) and home to one of the world's largest sport fishing fleets, not to mention one of the world's greatest concentrations of bottlenose dolphins.